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Pumpkin pie

November 13, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Pumpkin pie is one of the most popular autumn dishes. There are many varieties sweet and savory that are traditionally cooked in Albania, but they all require filo dough. Since filo dough is a bit time consuming to make, I prefer going with the western version that is made with pie crust. It is still…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: dessert, easy, homemade, pie, pie crust, pumpkin, pumpkin puree, recipe, sweet

Pumpkin and honey halva – my favorite Halloween treat

October 31, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Every Halloween my aunt makes a very nice halva with Pumpkin 🙂 I had never tried to make it myself, till last week, when I got a big pumpkin and I had to find some creative ways to cook it. The recipe is easy to follow and needs few minutes to prepare, so I thought…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: albanian, dessert, easy recipe, greek, halva, pumpkin, pumpkin halva, traditional, turkish

Curry Pumpkin Soup 

October 21, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Autumn is all about pumpkin. Pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, pumpkin puree, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cake, roasted pumpkin etc, etc… Funny thing, one single vegetable and so many delicious dishes. I’m not too much into soups, but this pumpkin soup with the combination of pumpkin and curry won my heart. The pumpkin soup is…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Savory, Super healthy Tagged With: autumn, dinner, easy, easy recipe, healthy, homemade, how to make soup, pumpkin, puree, soup

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Welcome to Mandarina Yum!

mmMy name is Ejona Varangu and I am a full time researcher in the telecommunication industry, and part time food blogger. I blog from a small apartment in Tirana, Albania, where I live with my better half and our two cats Weirdo and Pixel.

I started cooking in late 2013, when I decided to live alone, and I missed the great homemade dishes that my mum prepared, before that, I couldn’t even boil an egg by myself. Little by little I started experimenting with new ingredients and techniques and I loved every single minute of it. Find out more…

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Simple almond cake

Almond cake

Walnut and chocolate chips cookies

Chocolate and walnut cookies – recipe for the classic little bites of heaven from Double Tree Hotel

Petulla - Albanian Donuts

Petulla – Albanian donuts

Spinach casserole

Spinach casserole

Chocolate Baklava

Chocolate & walnuts baklava

Rye bread

Homemade rye bread

Ciabatta

Classic ciabatta

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